THE STEMMONS FAMILY: Princess Pool Party

It's birthday season around here. Abigail and Ashby once again decided to have their birthday party together this year. Makes this mommy quite happy. I love celebrating birthdays and especially love planning a party for my sweet girls. They informed Scott and I that they wanted to have a pool party, but not just any pool party. They wanted a Princess Pool Party.

My sweet friend, Kara Kae designed the adorable invitations.
(Click the link to go to her fabulous blog, The Mom Diggity)

I was THRILLED that they didn't want to have a party at home this year. Last year's Tangled Party was so cute and so fun, but it was a lot of work. I was determined to keep the work to a minimum this year. Having the party at the Twin Hills pool was a great start. Our Julie loves this stuff, too (and was a HUGE help last year.) Thankfully, she was excited to help out again. We decided to start looking for fun ideas on Pinterest. Of course we found all sorts of fun stuff and we said goodbye to low key and minimum work. Not really! Since I was actually on the ball this year, I had plenty of time to create some things online and found almost all of needed supplies at Dollar Tree. Our wonderful friends from Twin Hills, who adore Abigail and Ashby, wanted to help make the girls party extra special. Mr. Kevin had tables all set up and decorated for us, and Ms. Sheena made the girls' cake and cupcakes.

Personalized labels to go on goodie buckets

Floaties = Lifesaver Candies

Paddle Boards = Starburst

Swim Like A Fish = Goldfish

Beach Balls = Gumballs

The girls gave out tickets and silly straws to guests to get a Slush Puppie from the snack bar

Sunscreen

Thank you bubbles

Rainbow Funfetti Cake by Ms. Sheena. So yummy!

Julie made banners for each of the girls

It was a perfect day for a pool party! Abigail and Ashby had a GREAT time swimming and hanging out with family and friends. All that swimming made the kids hungry. So we decided to blow out some candles and have some cake and cupcakes.

Happy birthday Abigail & Ashby!

Some of our awesome family members & friends

After the sugar rush, I thought it was a good idea to line the kids up for a swing at the piñata. Abigail thinks a birthday party is not complete without one. She and Ashby picked out a Princess Castle and we stuffed it full of more sugary treats and other fun items. Watching the kids hit this piñata was quite entertaining. Each child got of shots at it and then there was a mad dash when it broke open to fill up goodie bags.

Ashby starts us off with a little help from Daddy

Abigail connects

After all the kids hit the Princess Castle, Scott got all of the treats to fall. There was a mad dash and scramble for goodies.

Time for gifts. I thought the kiddos would want to hit the pool again, but they all wanted to watch Abigail and Ashby open presents. We have the most thoughtful family and friends! Thank you all for all of the clothes, jewelry, homemade treats and toys. (We're still working on thank you cards!) The girls LOVED it all!